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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1930
Page
8
Extension expert Walter G Ward explains farm implement sheds boost efficiency by protecting machinery from rust and weather. A practical shed need not be costly, using galvanized iron for waterproofing and 1400 to 1800 square feet to keep equipment accessible and light machines stored on a rear gallery.
A long handled pruning hook offers a convenient way to remove old thorny canes from raspberry and blackberry patches. Using the hook lets gardeners reach the base of the cane and cut it cleanly close to the ground, avoiding the mass of canes and saving effort after harvest.
Advice urges farmers to spread lime limestone on fields this winter or spring to gain annual use and boost clover yields. It describes methods such as using a manure spreader with straw or manure to place lime where needed and reduce loss through spreader slats.
Eng lish agricultural paper notes Shorthorn milk often tops breeds for commercial use. It highlights color from white to yellow, good digestibility and flavor, with fat content between 3.5 and 4.5 percent meeting legal standards.
Beekeeping success hinges on hiring a good queen. A prolific queen builds strong colonies while an unproductive queen stalls growth. Select queens from stock free of undesirable traits like excessive swarming and irritability to prevent passing them to offspring. The queen alone lays eggs that produce worker bees.
Ohio State University poultry bulletin urges year round culling from hatch to disposal. Beginning in July flock should be inspected monthly and poorer hens removed to cut costs. In fall focus shifts to selecting hens with health vigor size standard type and good color for future breeders.
Beekeepers should prepare fall by providing stores and uniting weaker colonies with stronger ones. Use newspaper to fuse colonies, usually killing the weak queen, and ensure winter stores and proper housing either in cellar or outdoors to prevent starvation and high costs.
Prof A I Yeager of North Dakota Agricultural College introduces a new sweet corn variety that matures 17 to 28 days sooner than Golden Bantam. Stalks reach four feet, ears yield eight-row kernels, and per acre ear counts exceed Golden Bantam, a grandparent line. Golden Gem traces to Sunshine and Pickaninny, with Sunshine developed from Golden Bantam and an early white corn.
Pullets nearing maturity should eat more grain and dairymen can save on dairy feed by buying winter supplies early. Pastures in late summer need more protein in grain for dairy cows. Ventilation in dairy houses preserves feedstuffs and reduces mold and spontaneous combustion risk.
The article argues that a truly balanced ration requires knowing roughage type and quantity, cow production level, and protein needs. It explains 1000 lb cows producing 20 lb milk need far less protein than cows producing 60 lb, and that a ration balanced for a light producer fouls for a heavy producer.
The article warns that feeding excess high protein grain causes udders problems and breeding failures, shortening herd lifespans. It argues profits do not justify overfeeding, emphasizes balanced grain and roughage, and advocates a five year milk-peak plan for cows.
Seven cows averaged 1.8 per cent fat in the first milk and 6.2 per cent in the last draw. The last pint’s fat equals the first two quarts, indicating strippings contain more fat than the early milk. The variation is greater in heavy milking cows.
Pasture requirements remain two to two and a half acres per dairy cow or fattening steer with steady supplement from mill feeds and concentrates. Recent experiments yielded a system offering benefits to dairy farmers and those specializing in cattle and sheep.
The Czar bell in Russia, claimed at 135 to 198 tons, was recast in the 17th century and used as a chapel after a fire. It cracked again later and stood as a monument. A 120 ton bell in Russia is cited as the largest actually in use, with Peiping’s bell weighing about 48 tons as a comparison.
Leon Foenquinos a Marseille engineer envisions a circular floating city anchored in the Gulf Stream halfway between Paris and New York. The ring would stand 650 feet high with internal and external diameters of 3282 and 4600 feet and house 200 000 people with ship and air landings.
A famed British physician outlines normal weights for men over 50 from 5 ft 5 in to 6 ft 2 in with indoor clothing. He promotes the Kruschen Method as a four week fat loss plan, advising diet changes and one half teaspoon Kruschen salts daily, available for 85 cents at drug stores.
Baseball grows in Japan with Tokyo draw approaching large crowd levels. Observers note stadiums in major cities often boast higher seating capacity than some U.S. major league arenas, reflecting the sport’s rising popularity.
A brief caption notes a man nearby taunting himself and identifies the figure as the town’s taxidermist. The line hints at local humor or a candid moment captured in the scene. The tone matches a small town newspaper caption style.
Mrs. Wm Charleston of Kansas City Kansas testifies that California Fig Syrup has kept Annie and Billy content and happy since infancy. She claims it comforts constipated or bilious kids quickly and physicians endorse its use for dullness feverishness and weak bowels. The genuine product bears the California name.
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